4. In a dry bowl, mix pecan pieces and other dry ingredients together evenly.

5. In another bowl, mix wet ingredients together as evenly as possible.

6. Massage wet mixture into dry mixture to make a dough.

7. Take a small piece of dough and press it together. If it crumbles, add more milk by the tablespoonful. If it is gooey and doesn’t hold its shape, add any more of the flours used by the tablespoonful.

8. Roll dough into small balls about an inch-wide in diameter.

9. Flatten one palm and press a ball into it, rounding the side facing you with your fingers, making a half-spherical shape. This is one cookie.

10. Line up cookies in rows on a baking tray lined with baking paper, leaving a space the width of two fingers between each of them.

11. Bake cookies for 10 minutes.

12. Transfer cookies to a cooling rack and allow to cool for 10 minutes before eating.

QUINA MANGO SALAD

Serves 2

PREP TIME: 10 minutes

TOTAL TIME NEEDED: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups lettuce or mixed leaves, chopped finely

1 mango

3 tbsp Pomegranate seeds

1 cup cooked Spoon Health Quinoa

1 avocado

2 tbsp almond flakes, lightly toasted

Dressing:

Juice of half an orange

1 tsp agave nectar

2 tbsp virgin olive oil

1 tsp chia seed

Method:

1. Add chia seed to orange juice and leave aside for 10 minutes.

2. Halve the avocado, remove pit and scoop out flesh with a spoon. Cut flesh into thin slices.

3. Remove skin and seed from mango and cut flesh into cubes.

4. In a salad bowl, put the lettuce, followed by the avocado, mango, quinoa and pomegranate seeds.

5. Add agave nectar and olive oil to juice and chia, and shake or stir into an emulsion.

6. Pour dressing over salad, followed by almond flakes.

7. Serve immediately and toss salad before eating.

A power packed quinoa smoothie to start your day.

PAPAYA PASSION SMOOTHIE

SERVES 2

PREP TIME: 10 mins, excluding overnight

TOTAL TIME NEEDED: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

1 cup ice cubes

1 cup cold non-dairy milk

1 cup frozen papaya

1/3 cup frozen passionfruit pulp

2 tbsp Spoon Health quinoa powder

1 tbsp virgin coconut oil

3 tbsp agave nectar

2 tsp lime juice

Method:

1. Cut a papaya, remove skin and seeds and cut into small dices to fill 1 cup.

2. Cut 4-6 passionfruit in half and remove pulp to fill a third of a cup.

3. Freeze both fruit separately overnight.

4. In a blender, put all ingredients in and blend until fine and smooth.